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What were the Crusades?

battles at sea involving a special type of ship sailing from Constantinople


the crosses that decorated the breastplates of certain knights


efforts by the pope to get everyone to contribute money to the church


wars between Christians and Muslims over control of the Holy Land

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Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were intended to recover Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Islamic rule.

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Step-by-step explanation:

They both believed in the value of Jerusalem, and they waged war.

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